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EP sales tax rebates up 1.4% for September sales

Vic Kolenc, El Paso Times
Published 5:44 p.m. MT Nov. 5, 2015

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El Paso's state tax rebates allocated this month, for September retail sales, increased only 1.4 percent from a year ago, just below the 1.8 percent increase for all Texas cities combined, a new report shows.

The monthly rebates are an indication of the health of the local retail industry.

The city of El Paso received $6.9 million in state sales tax rebates this month for September sales, an increase of $93,000 compared to the same time last year, the Texas comptroller's office reported.

Since January, El Paso has received $75.5 million in state sales tax rebates -- an increase of 4.3 percent compared to the same 11 months in 2014. That was slightly better than the 4.1 percent increase for all Texas cities combined.

Several other large Texas cities did better than El Paso in the percentage increase in sales tax rebates this month: Dallas, up 8.7 percent; Austin, up 7 percent; and San Antonio, up 4 percent.

Some cities did worse than El Paso: Houston, down 2.2 percent, McAllen, down 1 percent; and Midland, down 16.1 percent.

Vic Kolenc may be reached at vkolenc@elpasotimes.com; 546-6421; @vickolenc on Twitter.

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